The casting also marks a step in the right direction of Disney diversifying its Disney Princess characters, after tapping Halle Bailey to play Ariel in the upcoming live-action The Little Mermaid movie. Zegler’s auditions impressed everyone, insiders say, but another factor was footage from West Side Story that blew away the Disney studio brass who’ve seen it, and helped push the decision across the finish line. A big reason the studio has taken its time on this adaptation is making sure it get the music right, and insiders add that higher-ups are excited with what Pasek and Paul have come up with following early returns.Īs for the casting process, Webb and studio execs had been meeting with talent for several months for the role of Snow White.

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the Oscar- and Tony-winning duo behind La La Land, The Greatest Showman and Dear Evan Hansen, will write new songs for the movie. Insiders say the live-action film will expand upon the story and music from the original. It was Disney’s inaugural animated feature and became a massive success for the studio. The original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs cartoon, based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale, was released in 1938. Steven Spielberg Amblin Pic Based On His Childhood Adds Australian Actor Sam Rechner

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